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To: Road Walker who wrote (475938)	4/28/2009 5:42:40 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574356

Florida waters are part of the GOM and there are at least 600 known natural oil seeps in the GOM. I don't know how many are in FL waters, but it doesn't matter. The general circulation pattern is for waters to enter the GOM from the south between Yucatan and Cuba, circulate in a clockwise manner and leave the GOM to the east between FL and northern Cuba. Then the cirulation turns north and proceeds up the east coast. So essentially all the water offshore FL has been through the offshore TX and LA area first. So when you look out at that water remember that its all flowed past our oil platforms. Here is some links I ran across: Scientists Find That Tons Of Oil Seep Into The Gulf Of Mexico Each Year ScienceDaily (Jan. 27, 2000) — Twice an Exxon Valdez spill worth of oil seeps into the Gulf of Mexico every year, according to a new study that will be presented January 27 at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. ... Using a technique they developed in the early 1990s to help explore for oil in the deep ocean, Earth Satellite Corporation scientists found that there are over 600 different areas where oil oozes from rocks underlying the Gulf of Mexico. .... To get an estimate of how much oil seeps into the Gulf each year, the researchers took into account the thickness of the oil-only a hundredth of a millimeter, the area of ocean surface covered by slicks, and how long the oil remains on the surface before it's consumed by bacteria or churned up by waves. "The number is twice the Exxon Valdez's spill per year, and that's a conservative estimate," said Mitchell. ... sciencedaily.com More links: floridaenvironment.com subseaworld.com gisdevelopment.net geology.com